chop-chop (adv.)
"quickly," 1834, Pidgin English, from Chinese k'wai-k'wai (see chopstick).
CHOP. A Chinese word signifying quality; first introduced by mariners in the Chinese trade, but which has now become common in all our seaports. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]
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